Wireless Communications Device and Method of Wireless Communications

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the second packet is a repetition of the first packet based on the packet acquisition information associated with the first and second packets further comprises determining that the second packet is not a repetition of the first packet when the difference between the first packet acquisition metric and the second packet acquisition metric is not within the predefined threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the packet acquisition information associated with the first and second packets comprises a first frequency offset associated with the first packet and a second frequency offset associated with the second packet.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining whether the second packet is a repetition of the first packet based on the packet acquisition information associated with the first and second packets comprises determining that the second packet is a repetition of the first packet when a difference between the first frequency offset and the second frequency offset is within a predefined threshold.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the second packet is a repetition of the first packet based on the packet acquisition information associated with the first and second packets further comprises determining that the second packet is not a repetition of the first packet when the difference between the first frequency offset and the second frequency offset is not within the predefined threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the first and second packets in combination when the second packet is a repetition of the first packet.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein processing the first and second packets in combination when the second packet is a repetition of the first packet comprises decoding the first and second packets in combination when the second packet is a repetition of the first packet.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing the first and second packets independently from each other when the second packet is not a repetition of the first packet.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second packet is received at the receiver immediately after the first packet is received at the receiver.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver is compatible with an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 protocol.

12. The wireless communications device of claim 11, wherein the receiver is further configured to determine that the second packet is not a repetition of the first packet when the difference between the first packet acquisition metric and the second packet acquisition metric is not within the predefined threshold.

13. The wireless communications device of claim 11, wherein the packet acquisition information associated with the first and second packets comprises a first frequency offset associated with the first packet and a second frequency offset associated with the second packet.

14. The wireless communications device of claim 13, wherein the receiver is further configured to determine that the second packet is a repetition of the first packet when a difference between the first frequency offset and the second frequency offset is within a predefined threshold.

15. The wireless communications device of claim 14, wherein the receiver is further configured to determine that the second packet is not a repetition of the first packet when the difference between the first frequency offset and the second frequency offset is not within the predefined threshold.